Hi,

I need to take my Mac laptop in for servicing (to get the disc drive fixed) and I want to back everything up first. I don't know anything about external hard drives!

I went to the site "Mega Upload" hoping that I could just upload everything until I get my Mac fixed, but then I learned that I would have to find and request the upload of every file individually! At least that it what it seemed like to me... how can this be? If I am trying to upload hundreds of music and photo files, how can I possibly save each one individually? If I get an external hard drive, can I save all of my files at once? I don't understand how this process works. I just want to back up my files in case they accidentally get erased while the tech is fixing my laptop!

Thanks for any explanations and advice you can give me...

Melina.

Why not just burn/copy the files onto cds? You may end up with 4-5 discs, but it's certainly cheaper than an external hard drive.